Package for confections



(N0 model.)

" A.SGHEM1V[EL.

PACKAGE FOR GONFEGTION S, &c.

No. 355,721. Patented Jan. 11, 1887 I f m1 J/Zaraqy; 1

FFICEQI PATENT 1 AUGUST SOHEMMEL, OE MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

PACKAGE FOR CONFECTIONS, &C.

SPECIFICATION forming part 01' Letters Patent No. 355,721, dated January 11, 1887.

Application filed September 24,1886. Serial 214,478. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern.- I

Be it known that I, AUGUST SoHEMMEL, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county f Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in-Packages for Confections, &c., of which the following is a description. I

My invention relates to packages for confections, 850.; andit consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combinationof parts, as will be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a double sheet of music-paper having musicalcharacters thereon; Fig. 2, a single sheet of such paper provided with a shield of plain paper or other suitable material; Fig. 3, a verticaltransverse section of my package; Fig. 4, a detail perspective view of two caps united by an elastic strip or cord; Fig. 5, a detail top view of one of the caps, and Fig. 6 a side view of my package when complete and in use.

Referring by letter to the drawings ,'A represents a tube,that is formed in any convenient manner of suitable material and of such dimensions as may be most desirable; but Iprefer to make the same by simply rolling up a sheet of music, chromo, print, engraving, or

other attractive article capable of such ma nipulation. The tube. A is provided with a suitable handle, B, that is preferably a piece of ribbon, fancy tape, or cord having the extremities thereof drawn around said tube at or near each end of thelatter and knotted, a sufficient amount of the material being left between the knots to form a grip, as shown by Fig. 6. The ends of the tube A are intended to be closed by caps O O, and these caps are connected by means of an elasticstrip o'r cord, D, as shown in detail, Fig. 4. As a 'the'outer faces of the latter.

matter of economy and convenience, I prefer to make the caps O C of pasteboard and ornament the same in any suitable manner.

The elastic strip or cord D is preferably one continuous piece passed through suitable perforations or apertures, a, in the caps and over In order to conceal that portion of the elastfic strip or cord that comes outsidethe caps, I cover the same with disks [2, of paper or other suitable material, and these disks may be either plain or ornamental, as found most desirable. When a double sheet of music is employed to form the tube A, the back of this sheet will come inside, and hence the confections or other substances that may be in the package cannot soil the face of said sheet or obscure the characters thereon. \Vhere a single sheet is employed for making the tube, I prefer to provide the face thereof with ashield of plain paper, 0, or other suitable material, as shown in Fig. 2, in order to prevent said face from becoming gummed up or otherwise soiled with the con fectionsor other substances inclosed by said tube. The shield a would also be employed when making the tube from a chromo, print,

" or engraving,

In making the tube from a Sheet of plain paper, or one having a composition of music or picture thereon, I Stretch the elastic strip or cord D so as to bring the same on the up-' permost side of the sheet and the caps 0 against the ends. I then roll up the sheet in the form of a tube and secure the ends inside the flanges d of said caps. The ribbon, tape, or cord B is now secured to the tube, and the package is ready for use. To fill the package, one'of the caps is held away from an end of the tube and the confections or other substances poured in, and upon the release of said cap the contraction of the elastric strip or cord will draw it down to its normallposition.

My invention, being principally designed for confectioners, is intended to be made in lots, to supply the trade with a neat, convenient, and attractive device for doing up candies, 850.

As above stated, I prefer to employ a sheet of music for making the tube that forms the main portion of my device, the object being to present each customer that buys a certain amount of confections or other substances with a musical composition,which at the same time forms the wrapper for the purchase.

If found desirable, either or both sides of the sheet that forms the tube may be embellished with printing and cuts of an advertising nature, and in case a sheet having-a musical composition thereon is employed the title should appear upon the outside in tasteful letters. x

Having now fully described. my invention, what I claim as new, and .desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination,wit11 a suitable tube, of two end caps united by an elastic strip or cord, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination,with a suitable tube, of two end caps united by an elasticstrip or cord, and ahandle suitably secured to saidtube, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A sheet of music rolled up in. the form of a tube, in. combination with two end caps united by an elastic strip or cord, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A sheet of paper having a musical composition or other subject on one side thereof and rolled up in the form of a tube, with the printed side turned in, in combination with a shield of plain paper or other suitable material laid upon the printed side of the sheet, and two end caps united by an elastic strip or cord, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination of a suitable tube'with two end caps united by an elastic strip or cord, and a handle consisting of a ribbon, tape, or cord having its extremities drawn around said tube at or near the ends thereof and knotted in sucha manner as to leave suflicient material to form a grip, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST soHEMMEL.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY J. KILLILIA,. Gus SOHULZ. 

